Official registries and open data list 389 active companies in arts, entertainment and recreation in Ontario, which puts Ontario in 3rd place in Canada for this sector (<1 % of the national total). 40 of them (10 %) have at least one known director, and 10 (3 %) published an official change in the last 18 months: incorporation, amendment, change of director or address.
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Get 5 profiles from this segmentOf these 389 companies, 40 are federally incorporated, 111 are known through the provincial registry, 238 only through open data (licences, public contracts, grants, registered employers). 15 of them were founded in 2025 and 2026, that is 4 % of the active base; 9 incorporations in 2025. That is in line with the average of the three previous years (10 a year): a steady pace of creation.
Over the last 12 months, 4 companies in the sector (1 %) won at least one public contract, 5 contracts in all, published by governments, cities and public bodies. 27 received a federal grant or contribution (42 agreements).
Headcount is known for 182 companies (47 %): 1,473 declared jobs in total, and the median company has 1-4 employees.
78 companies (20 %) publish a general phone or email, 68 have a website verified by ciblr, 5 hold an official licence or permit.
Moves published in the last 90 days: 1 relocations, 1 dissolutions.
389 companies in arts, entertainment and recreation are active in Ontario according to official registries and open data, that is <1 % of the 39,476 companies in the sector across Canada.
40 of these companies (10 %) have at least one director on the federal registry (the only registry that publishes directors), which lets you approach them through the right person.
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Every company counted here is active in an official registry (Corporations Canada, Registraire des entreprises du Québec, OrgBook BC) or named by an official open source (licence, public contract, grant, registered employer). The sector is a NAICS code, size comes from the declared headcount when a source provides it and otherwise from an estimate based on the registry (board size, age, status, statute), and "recent signal" means a published move (incorporation, amendment, change of director, address, contract, grant, hiring) in the last 18 months. Figures are recomputed every week from the ciblr database. No data is purchased or invented.
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